innovation
If AIs can generate photos of people who don’t exist, what else can they imagine?
Astronaut company Virgin Galactic will become first to be publicly traded.
Harvard engineers make a breakthrough polarization camera.
Scientists discover how to predict megaquakes earlier to improve warning systems.
Why Django Reinhardt might just be the greatest musical innovator you’ve never heard of.
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Japanese researchers carry out quantum teleportation within a diamond.
Could 16 Psyche make every person on Earth a billionaire? The space mining race is heating up.
It marks another milestone in SpaceX’s long-standing effort to make spaceflight cheaper.
Your next payday could be all digital.
Don’t underestimate the power of play when it comes to problem-solving.
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Facebook was careful to say that Libra is not maintained internally and is instead serviced by a non-profit collective of companies.
NASA JPL takes a first step toward a GPS for space.
Here’s why generalists triumph over specialists in the new era of innovation.
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The Tesla Motors CEO has plans for a James Bond-like car that drives on and under water.
Experts say two emerging meat alternatives will challenge the conventional meat industry.
That’s five more unicorns than the previous three years combined.
With the interest of these tech giants, it looks like cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
Elon Musk took issue with recent ideas for space exploration from Jeff Bezos.
The new system could soon greatly improve foreign-language interactions.
Don’t start investing in flux capacitors just yet, though.
Don’t denigrate immigrants, says Jared Diamond. You are one.
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Not all moms would travel into the African bush or drain their life savings just to help their kids realize their dreams.
An investigation finds the cause of failed NASA launches and $700 million in losses.
A new study highlights a fascinating application of AI, though other uses are more troubling.
Two new studies might have identified whether or not patients will respond to chemotherapy.
Even if the company call pull it off, are Americans ready to trust fully autonomous cars?
The neuralnanorobotics are coming.
New research at Carnegie Mellon University suggests a game of musical chairs.
Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from “a million years to 30 minutes,” says Nobel laureate
Physicist plans to karate-chop them with super-fast blasts of light.